Imagine being able to say you were 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 twice, in fact, you had your first surgery before you were 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 as well. Margaret Boemer had been in her 2nd trimester when she got the heartbreaking news that her un𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 had a rare 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 defect. Enduring a previous ᴍɪsᴄᴀʀʀɪᴀɢᴇ, this news truly shook Margaret.
American Margaret Boemer showed by personal example how to fight for the life of your 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥. At 16 weeks pregnant, the woman was told that her 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 might not be 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 at all. The fetus was found to have a ᴄᴀɴᴄᴇʀᴏᴜs ᴛᴜᴍᴏʀ that threatened the life of the 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦. Boemer had to make a difficult choice: ᴛᴇʀᴍɪɴᴀᴛᴇ the pregnancy or accept a ʀɪsᴋʏ ᴏᴘᴇʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ that could end tragically for both the 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 and herself.
This is how the expectant mother described her condition: “When the doctor announced the terrible news, everything collapsed in one moment. I was desperate, but then I realized that I had to fight with all my might for the life of my daughter.”
These are the words that Margaret was told by the surgeons who evaluated her clinical case. Indeed, the operation to remove the ᴛᴜᴍᴏʀ posed a significant ʀɪsᴋ to the girl’s life. It was necessary to remove the fetus from the womb, remove the ᴛᴜᴍᴏʀ and place the girl back in the mother’s uterus.
Margaret’s decision surprised the doctors. The woman immediately refused the option of ᴛᴇʀᴍɪɴᴀᴛɪɴɢ the pregnancy and agreed to a complex operation.
Lilith Hope was “𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧” for the first time during an operation to excise a ᴛᴜᴍᴏʀ. Surgeons removed the girl from the womb. The 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 at that time weighed a little more than 500 grams. Removal of the ᴛᴜᴍᴏʀ on the sacral spine took about 20 minutes and passed without complications. It took surgeons much longer to safely separate the embryo from the uterine wall and put it back. It took 5 whole hours!
From the words of the chief surgeon: “Although the operation to remove the ᴛᴜᴍᴏʀ was risky, it was necessary to carry it out. Teratoma is a malignant ᴛᴜᴍᴏʀ that impairs the nutrition of the fetus. In the last weeks of pregnancy, the 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 would not be able to get enough nutrients. Without surgery, these 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren usually do not survive.”
12 weeks after the operation, the girl was 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 again. The 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 went without complications – Lilith turned out to be a healthy 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥, whose weight was 2.5 kilograms. A few days after the 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡, Lilith underwent another operation to remove the remnants of the ᴛᴜᴍᴏʀ. After its completion, the girl went home with her loving mother.
Now Lilith Hope is no different from other new𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧s. The 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 gives a lot of joy to her parents and two sisters. “We see how our girl smiles and forget about all the hardships that we had to endure.” says a happy Margaret.
Source: asnow
